Hay-fork



(Model.)

\ G. A. MERRIAM.

HAY FORK. 10,284,041, J/Zyfatented Aug. 28, 1883.A

WITNESSES i INVENTORZ 6 Jgd/mw BY ATTORNEYS.

UNITED STATES v PA'IEnVr O EEICE.

GEORGE A. MERRIAM, OF SHARON, WISCONSIN.

HAY-FORK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 284,041, dated August 28, 1883.

Application filed April 16, 1883. (Model.)

place when in the hay by latches or triggers 4 itted upon the arms of the fork, as hereinafter described and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification,

in which similar letters of reference in dicatev corresponding parts in both figures.

Figure 1 is a side perspective view of my improved hay-fork- Fig. 2 is a sectional side view, showing the constructionof the latches.

A A are the arms of the fork, attached together at one end by a pin at a, which is also provided with a clevis for attachment of the hoisting -rope. The arms A are each composed of two bars or plates, b b, between which and at their outer ends are pivoted the tines B by pins of The inner ends of the tines B extend upward between the side plates of the arms for engagement with tumblers d.

e e are latches or triggers pivoted to the arms A and connected by jointed links f to `in such a position that outward pressure upon the tumblers d. The outer ends ofthe latchese extend inward, and to them are connected ropes g, that pass upward to and through an y eye, h, at the top of the fork, and thence downward, so that when the ropes are drawn upon the ends of the latches will be raised, and by their connection to the tumblers the tumblers will be swung inward, so as to free the tines.`

In the operation of the fork the points of 4o the tines are drawn inward in the hay, and their upper ends in this position enter the slots of the tnmblers d, and the latches e being then drawn down, the tumblers are turned the ends of the tines will not move the l.tunr

Witnesses:

WM. P. ALLEN, WILSON R. HEREON. 

